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i love cheezeits.
we found a curb!! they are rare in tennessee

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my companion tried to make waffles but we didnt have eggs.. so he made them with mayonnaise??? not so hot.

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it snowed. one day and iced another. everything was filled with ice. the entire road was iced over. school was canceled and we stayed in all day.
Corn bread and beans is a popular meal here.
I made a new wallet. 
we went hiking/

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a short timeline of the week

Hello everyone.

Another good week

Just going to throw in the highlights of this week.

Its cold here. Real cold. So cold the cows are putting their heads in the hay to stay warm. 
Not only that. The economy is terrible. and Gas is so high! Men are running their tank down and having to walk to the station to fill up a Gatorade bottle.
--- please note --- this week we saw two gas stations just blocks away. one was at $3.59 the other was 3.19 so watch and buy cheap ---- 
and worst of all. no one can understand our Spanish. We can ask them what church they go to and in we reply we may say... oh the apostate church.

That's just a glimpse of the cool things that i get to enjoy here. 

We have been able to give so many blessing in this last week (probably 4 or 5) One lady had a stroke at church and fell over. Now okay. So overall its been a fun week.

We had a Three-Way this week also. It was really good. I guess its originated from Cincinnati Ohio. So maybe my father had one on his mission. Its some fancy chili (that includes cinnamon) on spaghetti with cheese.
 
Another random note is that the sacrament bread is homemade here. And its kinda sweet, which is different. but its still bread so yup.

Keep up with the veggies. haha. well ya. the pistachio ice cream isnt so hot. i say keep with the banana.

thats all she wrote.

Love Elder Toomey


"Of all the titles of respect and honor and aspiration that are given to deity, he has asked us to address him as Father." Quorum of the 12

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"Come unToomey" the Savior said...

Come unToomey all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.

- Matthew 11:28

Heyyyy. This week has been pretty cool. We got to teach lots of different people, One less active who just moved here is getting married next month. We were talking to her about if there was anything we could do to help her out and she. Mentioned that she needed someone to perform the ceremony.... And since we can do that she wants me to marry them!!! That's gonna be cool. She also said that she will come to church in the coming weeks, but she just got over breast cancer so we are waiting for. The implant to come in. Her husband is not a member so maybe we will get to teach him and all will be good. We will get a baptism here soon.

The other family that we are focusing on is Chris and tessie. We Found them oym-ing. They had been taught by missionaries just over a year ago but had never read or attended church. They were the ones that watched Joel olsteen with us and promised us (twice) that they would pro to church.... But of course they did not show up yesterday... Hum. 

My companion and I are doing pretty good, although he is the type of guy that gained privileges by going on a mission. For instance... I have watched more pg-13 movies in Spanish than he has in English. He never drank pop before coming out here... And when he would go trick or treating as a youngin he used the candy he got to fill up the bowl for his family. We find out crazy things about his family every day...

It snowed!!!! (sorry this letter is jumpy I forgot my planner so I am Just lifting of things by memmory. Also I am typing on an iPad because all the libraries are closed due to mlk day today. We made a ill snow man (pictures coming in the next email.

So I made a duct tape wallet cause I lost Mine. It's not bad (pics later) but umma make a new one, I figured out a new technique to make 3d pictures with the duct tape.

My dad said on skype that I should try blue bell ice cream and its way good. I got the banana one so if your ever in ten get some. (Check Walgreens its cheaper)

I started to retread the Book of Mormon. I'm only to Josiah but I have found so many things I don't remember reading that have helped me with my knowledge and efforts towards this work.

Be a good boy,

Elder Toomey

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Some girl tried to KISS me.

Howdy to all. How has you been. This week was pretty good. We got our picture back that we took with Elder Russell M Nelson, so thats pretty cool. We had a big zone meeting with 13 sets of missionaries and we got to learn a lot more churchy stuff. They had a clean car contest and my companion and i won. :) So we got a gift card to walmart. Then later we had a clean appartment contest and i was one of 3 winners. yup...  Also i was the only one that knew the number to the refferal center. I looked at the paper a couple hours ago for like 1/2 a second and my photographic memory kicked in. :) smiles. 

My knee has been killing me for the last three weeks. I couldn't walk up/down stairs without using the hand rail and it hurt to walk down hill. i guess im just getting old. I bought a knee brace at walmart and that made it a little better. its alright. I cant play basketball or stuff like that. 

That is until last thursday when another missionary saw my knee brace and told me to put vaseline on it.??? I tried it and its miracle cream! Any joint in my body was made better. My elbow that would pop 100 times a day pops twice now. Its "Very Nice" (nafe voice).

Stories.... Well this week we were trying to contact an investigator but he wasnt home so we walked a block down to some family we talked to once and they let us in. We talked for a while and then he turned on Joel Olsteen. He gave a good talk about trusting in the lord. Then they said because we went to their "church" they promised to come to our church. (they made this promise two months ago but then said they were busy for the holidays. So i am looking forward to next sunday. It will be the first time that we got an investigator at church in this area. (exlcuding marvin the first week who we thought was a member)

Now the moment you have been waiting for. The time this chick tried to kiss me. We were at dinner at a members' house and after dinner the 6 year old daughter gave her mom and dad a kiss before she went to bed and after she walked to me and tried to give me a smoosh. but i denied her. so yup. 

Thats it for the week. We are still doing great and all yup.

Love Elder Toomey.

ps. cool dream another elder had:

He went to some country singers house for dinner (he was teaching her parents) and all these country people came over for dinner and stuff and so he got to meet all of them. Then Taylor Swift came in and they talked for a while. And She tried to seduce him!. He took his plaque and was about to throw it to the ground (as in to surrender to the tempation) but he was strong and so he slapped her and ran off. Then He magically appeared in the mission presidents office and he said "this has been a simulation. You passed the test." and he woke up. haha. 

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